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Installation Guide
Step 1: Prepare for installation
Make sure the servers you intend to use meet or exceed the System requirements for this version.
Prepare for appliance installation
Refer to the Firstboot Wizard section of the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide and gather information as instructed under “Gather data for firstboot”.

Installation Guide
- Introduction
- Step 1: Prepare for installation
  Make sure the servers you intend to use meet or exceed the System requirements for this version.
  - Prepare your database server
  - Prepare your Windows servers
    Because Forcepoint Web Security management and reporting components can only reside on Windows servers, prepare at least two Windows servers: one to be the management server and one to host Log Server (and optionally Sync Service).
  - Prepare your Linux servers
  - Prepare for appliance installation
    Refer to the Firstboot Wizard section of the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide and gather information as instructed under “Gather data for firstboot”.
- Step 2: Start the management server installation
- Step 3: Install the Forcepoint Management Infrastructure
  The Forcepoint Management Infrastructure includes data storage and common components for the Forcepoint Security Manager.
- Step 4: Install the Web management components
  After the Forcepoint Management Infrastructure installation is complete, the installer for the Forcepoint Web Security management components is launched automatically.
- Step 5: (Forcepoint Web Security DLP Module only) Install the Forcepoint DLP management components
  When you add the Forcepoint Web Security DLP Module to Forcepoint Web Security, Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint DLP components must reside on the same management server.
- Step 6: Install an instance of Filtering Service
- Step 7: Install Log Server and (optionally) Sync Service
- Step 8: (Forcepoint Web Security DLP Module only) Install Linking Service on the management server
- Step 9: Install additional web protection components
- Step 10: Install Content Gateway
  If you are not using appliances to host policy enforcement components, complete these steps to install Content Gateway on one or more Linux servers.
- Step 11: Post installation activities
- Step 12: Initial Configuration

Prepare for appliance installation

Refer to the Firstboot Wizard section of the Forcepoint Appliances Getting Started Guide and gather information as instructed under “Gather data for firstboot”.

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